Require that operators provide pilots with guidance requiring that pilots and flight attendants actively monitor exit availability and configure the airplane and cabin for an evacuation when the airplane is stopped away from the gate after a significant event to help expedite an emergency evacuation if one becomes necessary.
Revise Advisory Circular 120-48, “Communication and Coordination Between Flight Crewmembers and Flight Attendants,” to update guidance and training provided to flight and cabin crews regarding communications during emergency and unusual situations to reflect current industry knowledge based on research and lessons learned from past relevant accidents
Require Boeing to establish an appropriate replacement interval for air turbine starter valve-air filters installed on all MD-80 series aircraft.
American Airlines was recommended to evaluate their CASS program to determine why it failed to identify deficiencies in its maintenance program associated with the MD-80 engine no-start failure and to also discover the lack of compliance with company procedures. Then, make necessary …show more content…
Poorly run maintenance and management programs by American Airlines, with little to no independent oversight, and failure to properly utilize CRM by all parties involved, led to multiple human errors which culminated in the engine fire and damage to the aircraft. I emphasize that all parties failed at CRM, because everyone involved with an aircraft from its first inception, until its last flight, are in fact a team. They have an obligation to the airline company, the government, and most of all, to the passengers flying in these aircraft to reduce the risk of damage or death due to an aircraft accident. Risk can never be considered zero, especially in a hazardous occupation such as aviation. CRM can however, when properly utilized, considerably lower the odds of an accident occurring, and raise the odds of survival when it
Revise Advisory Circular 120-48, “Communication and Coordination Between Flight Crewmembers and Flight Attendants,” to update guidance and training provided to flight and cabin crews regarding communications during emergency and unusual situations to reflect current industry knowledge based on research and lessons learned from past relevant accidents
Require Boeing to establish an appropriate replacement interval for air turbine starter valve-air filters installed on all MD-80 series aircraft.
American Airlines was recommended to evaluate their CASS program to determine why it failed to identify deficiencies in its maintenance program associated with the MD-80 engine no-start failure and to also discover the lack of compliance with company procedures. Then, make necessary …show more content…
Poorly run maintenance and management programs by American Airlines, with little to no independent oversight, and failure to properly utilize CRM by all parties involved, led to multiple human errors which culminated in the engine fire and damage to the aircraft. I emphasize that all parties failed at CRM, because everyone involved with an aircraft from its first inception, until its last flight, are in fact a team. They have an obligation to the airline company, the government, and most of all, to the passengers flying in these aircraft to reduce the risk of damage or death due to an aircraft accident. Risk can never be considered zero, especially in a hazardous occupation such as aviation. CRM can however, when properly utilized, considerably lower the odds of an accident occurring, and raise the odds of survival when it